Atha kho bhagavā te bhikkhū āmantesi— “muttāhaṁ, bhikkhave, sabbapāsehi, ye dibbā ye ca mānusā. Tumhepi, bhikkhave, muttā sabbapāsehi, ye dibbā ye ca mānusā. Caratha, bhikkhave, cārikaṁ bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānaṁ. Mā ekena dve agamittha. Desetha, bhikkhave, dhammaṁ ādikalyāṇaṁ majjhekalyāṇaṁ pariyosānakalyāṇaṁ sātthaṁ sabyañjanaṁ kevalaparipuṇṇaṁ parisuddhaṁ brahmacariyaṁ pakāsetha. Santi sattā apparajakkhajātikā, assavanatā dhammassa parihāyanti, bhavissanti dhammassa aññātāro. Ahampi, bhikkhave, yena uruvelā senānigamo tenupasaṅkamissāmi dhammadesanāyā”ti.
Then the Blessed One addressed those bhikkhus: “Bhikkhus, I am freed from all snares, those that are divine and those that are human. You too, bhikkhus, are freed from all snares, those that are divine and those that are human. Wander, bhikkhus, for the welfare of the many, for the happiness of the many, out of compassion for the world, for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of gods and humans. Do not go two together. Teach the Dhamma, bhikkhus, that is good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end. Proclaim the spiritual life with its meaning and its phrasing, complete and pure. There are beings with little dust in their eyes who are suffering loss from not hearing the Dhamma. There will be those who understand the Dhamma. I too, bhikkhus, will go to Uruvelā, to Senānigama, to teach the Dhamma.”
Atha kho māro pāpimā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi— “Baddhosi sabbapāsehi, ye dibbā ye ca mānusā; Mahābandhanabaddhosi, na me samaṇa mokkhasī”ti. “Muttāhaṁ sabbapāsehi, Ye dibbā ye ca mānusā; Mahābandhanamuttomhi, Nihato tvamasi antakā”ti. “Antalikkhacaro pāso, yvāyaṁ carati mānaso; Tena taṁ bādhayissāmi, na me samaṇa mokkhasī”ti. “Rūpā saddā rasā gandhā, Phoṭṭhabbā ca manoramā; Ettha me vigato chando, Nihato tvamasi antakā”ti. Atha kho māro pāpimā— “jānāti maṁ bhagavā, jānāti maṁ sugato”ti dukkhī dummano tatthevantaradhāyīti.
Then Māra the Evil One approached the Blessed One and addressed him in verse:
“You are bound by all the snares,
those that are divine and those that are human.
You are bound by a great bond.
You will not escape me, ascetic.”
“I am freed from all the snares,
those that are divine and those that are human.
I am freed from the great bond.
You are defeated, End-maker.”
“There is a snare moving in the sky,
the one that travels in the mind.
With that I will bind you.
You will not escape me, ascetic.”
“Forms, sounds, tastes, and smells,
and touches that delight the mind —
desire for these has left me.
You are defeated, End-maker.”
Then Māra the Evil One, thinking, “The Blessed One knows me. The Accomplished One knows me,” miserable and dejected, vanished right there.